If you haven’t checked out What is Mindfulness?: Why All the Hype?, check it out HERE. That article will give you a bit of background on what we mean by mindfulness. So let’s dive a bit deeper into what mindfulness really is, how to strengthen it, and how mindful living can help to reduce unnecessary heartache and suffering in your life. But before diving in, let’s look at a few common … [Read more...]

Many of us by now have likely heard of the term "mindfulness." It seems like every 5th book on the psychology and self-help shelves has the word mindfulness in the title. There's "Mindfulness in Plain English," "Mindfulness for Beginners," "The Mindful Way Through Depression," "The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD," and so on. Why is this the case?  Why is there such hype around it … [Read more...]

These days it seems like we can’t go five minutes before being assaulted by or choosing to engage with some kind of social media. This trend was made benignly but oddly clear to me recently during a lunch with a good friend. I was “briefing” my friend on the latest happenings in my life and informed him of some bothersome health issues befalling another friend. He quickly replied, “Yeah, I … [Read more...]

Now I don’t know about you, but I really hate getting hit by cars. Why I hate getting hit by cars is not the subject of this post. However, how hundreds of people in the Boston area are almost hit by cars each day is the lamentable topic for today. I can’t tell you how many times in the past five years that I have witnessed someone walking head down with headphones or texting almost get … [Read more...]